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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2740",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 5th December 1991\nLaid before Parliament 5th December 1991\nComing into force 6th April 1992\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 35(1), (2)(b), (2A), (4A) and (6), 85(1)(b) and 166(2) and (3) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains regulations which relate to matters which, in accordance with section 140 of that Act, have been referred to the Attendance Allowance Board, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1975 c.14. Section 35(1) was amended by section 2(1) of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 (c.21) (“the 1991 Act”). Subsection (2) was amended by section 2(2) of the Social Security Act 1979 (c.18) (“the 1979 Act”) and section 10 of and Schedule 4 to the 1979 Act. Subsection (2A) was inserted by section 2(3) and (6) of the 1979 Act. Subsection (4A) was inserted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Act 1980 (c.30). Schedule 20 is cited for the meaning it ascribes to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Act 1980 (c.30), section 10 and paragraph 12(3) of Schedule 3."
    },
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      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "This legislation was made on 05.12.1991 and was published on the SLDB on 30.01.1996 for the first time. Some information has now been added to the item but we have not yet completed carrying its effects into other parts of the database."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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